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** A weird example. Matt isn't intentionally cruel or unfeeling, he just literally has no idea how to connect with his kids.
** A weird example. Matt isn't intentionally cruel or unfeeling, he just literally has no idea how to connect with his kids.
** Sid, who finds Matt's mother-in-law's dementia quite hilarious, and gets a punch in the face for the trouble. He's also not malicious, however -- just very, ''very'' stupid.
** Sid, who finds Matt's mother-in-law's dementia quite hilarious, and gets a punch in the face for the trouble. He's also not malicious, however -- just very, ''very'' stupid.
* [[Converse With the Unconscious]]: Matt encourages lots of people to visit and speak to Elizabeth while she is in the hospital, and before bringing in the kids he has one last fight with her. Played with in that {{spoiler|Matt already knows for some time that Elizabeth's condition will not improve, and in fact will only decline as time passes, so her death is inevitable. He still publicly speaks in hopeful terms for most of the movie, mostly to avoid awkward conversations}}.
* [[Converse with the Unconscious]]: Matt encourages lots of people to visit and speak to Elizabeth while she is in the hospital, and before bringing in the kids he has one last fight with her. Played with in that {{spoiler|Matt already knows for some time that Elizabeth's condition will not improve, and in fact will only decline as time passes, so her death is inevitable. He still publicly speaks in hopeful terms for most of the movie, mostly to avoid awkward conversations}}.
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: In-Universe example. Sid laughs uncontrollably at Elizabeth's mother's dementia. Her father eventually punches him in the face.
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: In-Universe example. Sid laughs uncontrollably at Elizabeth's mother's dementia. Her father eventually punches him in the face.
* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: Sid tells Matt not to use retarded in a derogatory fashioned. He claims to have a mentally-challenged brother (although he was lying) but he's still right.
* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: Sid tells Matt not to use retarded in a derogatory fashioned. He claims to have a mentally-challenged brother (although he was lying) but he's still right.
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* [[Posthumous Character]]: Sort of.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Sort of.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Even the most basic shots are gorgeous to look at. It is Hawaii after all. (Subverted in the opening montage, with various shots of what living in Hawaii can look like.)
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Even the most basic shots are gorgeous to look at. It is Hawaii after all. (Subverted in the opening montage, with various shots of what living in Hawaii can look like.)
* [[Shout Out]]: At the end the family watches ''March Of The Penguins'' together. Bonus: the scene that they are watching features [[Morgan Freeman]] narrating about how Antarctica was once a tropical paradise, and slowly moved south and became covered in ice as the tectonic plates shifted. Matt and his kids live in the tropical paradise of [[Hawaii]]. Nothing lasts forever...
* [[Shout-Out]]: At the end the family watches ''March Of The Penguins'' together. Bonus: the scene that they are watching features [[Morgan Freeman]] narrating about how Antarctica was once a tropical paradise, and slowly moved south and became covered in ice as the tectonic plates shifted. Matt and his kids live in the tropical paradise of [[Hawaii]]. Nothing lasts forever...
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: All. The. Time.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: All. The. Time.
* [[The Stoic]]: Matt.
* [[The Stoic]]: Matt.
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